Art Blog » March 2005
Jess - Day 2
If possible, I’m going to put only clay where human flesh is. That is, I want to leave Jess as she is now - with no support. At this point, her lower body is heavy enough that she can lean on the air with her right arm. I have given her a little pillow of clay to sit on, but if I can find another way to solve the problem of that space, that would be pereferable. When you look at the photos, take a look at the development from Day 1 - Back to Day 2 - Back.
Watercolor - spring class 8
It was our second evening with Derrick, a person whom Dave has apparantly painted a lot. I spent some time looking at the watercolor sketches in Dave’s pad of paper, and saw quite a few of Derrick — poses I didn’t recognize. I think looking at those paintings inspired me becuase in the final pose I was able to find blues and greens in Derreck, which had been very difficult for me to do before. I quite like the long pose painting I did last night. The 20 minute is okay as well.
Jess - Day 1
It was kind of a rough day for me yesterday. I’d gotten up early and been to Boston and back, traveling in a total olf 4 cars and 2 airplanes, so I almost didn’t go to the sculpture studio today. I’m glad I did. This new pose is wonderful, and I didn’t even manage to cut my time short as I’d originally planned. The piece is coming together so quickly for me, and is just a joy to work on. I can’t wait for next week. Here’s a picture of the work in progress.
Watercolor - spring class 7
Back to watercolors after a week off for spring break. I walk into class and our model is Derrick, from the last sculpture! Funny seeing him in different poses (8 different poses during the 2.5 hour class) after seeing him in only one pose for 6 weeks. David says I may be entering an inbetween stage where I’m trying to move on from where I was, but I’m not yet at the next place yet, so I’m kinda nowhere. My colors are getting bolder, but my drawings are off and my colors are a bit TOO much. The 20-minute has some daring magentas in it and the 60 minute is drawn okay and looks very solid and 3-dimensional, but also kind of too bold and cartoony.
Kent’s Mothermold
Yesterday the master and I set about making Kent’s mother mold. That’s a plastipaste mold around the rubber that, when it hardens, is VERY hard. And light. Plaster is another possible mothermold material, but it’s awful to work with in comparison. We mixed up the plastipaste and then applied it in 3 pieces that will be bolted together with bolds and wingnuts. Here are pictures of the process.
Derek - Finished
This sculpture is officially finished! Last night I took care of some details, giving Derek his full complement of 10 fingers and 10 toes. I added some bulk to his left leg and fixed some other little things, but was finished even before it was time for him to go. My hope is that someday in the future, I’ll be able to get him cast into bronze, or even enlarged. Link: 360 degree photos, and closeups, the development album.
Watercolor - spring class 6
Last night we had the same wonderful model. I arrived a bit late a missed the first 5-minute pose … but I wasn’t having a great night anyway. Sometimes it’s just hard to get the paint to cooperate. I liked this 5 minute pose I posted, but would have loved to have been able to work on it for a little longer. Ultimately, my rendition of the long pose came out rather well.